VirtualBox problem in F15

[Gary Waters]

On 05/28/2011 06:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 18:18 -0400, Gary Waters wrote:
>> On 05/28/2011 01:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On 28/05/11 10:26, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>> On 05/27/2011 10:37 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>>> On 27/05/11 22:22, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>>> On 05/28/2011 10:36 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>>>>> I haven't touched my home directory where the VM is kept, so any light
>>>>>>> on this would be welcome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> No info on your particular error.  I don't see your issue on my Win2K,
>>>>>> and Vista guest.  However, USBs don't work in any of my guests.  So, I'm
>>>>>> not confident in the quality of Oracle's release for F15.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FWIW, I've put up my query on their forum and looked to see if anyone
>>>>>> posted about yours...nothing found.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, thanks. I haven't got as far as trying the USB stuff as I can't even
>>>>> run my VM, but if USB doesn't work it's no use to me. I only run VB when
>>>>> I want to update my iPhone.
>>>>>
>>>>> poc
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Make sure your user account is in the vboxusers group or USB won't work.
>>>> This was a change in the 4.x series on VirtualBox.
>>>>
>>>> 1) as root or via sudo, edit /etc/group
>>>> 2) locate the vboxusers line and add yourself after the last colon
>>>>         vboxusers:x:501:sdstern
>>>> 3) save the file.
>>>> 4) logout, login
>>>
>>> Cerainly. I started using the 4.x series on F14 and already dealt with this.
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it doesn't do anything for my original problem though (Ed has
>>> a USB problem; I don't or at least have no indication that I do since I
>>> can't get that far).
>>>
>>> poc
>>>
>>
>> Once I had everything in place I had to go into the setttings for each
>> VDI and add USB filters for each device. Once I did that everything fell
>> into place perfectly.
>
> Once again: thanks all the same but I do not have a problem with USB. My
> original question has nothing to do with USB, in fact it doesn't even
> mention it. If I get as far as being able to run my VM then perhaps I
> *will* have a USB problem, though I don't think so. If that day comes
> then I'll be sure to ask again.
>
> poc
>

My heartfelt apologies. I saw the word USB everywhere and figured, 
naturally, that USB was involved. None of my VDI's worked either. I 
simply removed, hit new, and re-added them with "use existing hard 
disk." Everything fell into place. I'm sure this will be of little 
assistance, but I enjoy typing into the great void.

GW